$5-million gift to º«¹úÂãÎè’s global food security institute supports efforts to understand and reverse world hunger and malnutrition
Every night, some 800 million people – one in nine people on earth – go to bed hungry. And projections suggest that unless creative solutions are found, the world will need to increase food production by an additional 50% in the next 30 years, when the planet’s population is expected to exceed 9 billion.
Une professeure passionnée des fraises du Québec
Depuis huit ans, l’agronome et professeure Valérie Gravel travaille « main dans la main » avec des producteurs de fraises. Une collaboration qu’elle juge essentielle.
Sex in plants requires thrust
Plant sex relies on a combination of prodding and a lot of communication and guidance suggests a study published in the September 2018 issue of Technology.
La reproduction chez les plantes exige un petit coup de « pousse »
º«¹úÂãÎè Press Release
Selon une étude publiée dans le numéro de septembre2018 de la revue Technology, la reproduction chez les plantes reposerait sur une poussée énergique et une bonne dose de communication.
Agents de conservation du futur
In a recent episode of  La Semaine Verte, Professor Salwa Karboune gaves viewers a birds-eye view of her work to define the antimicrobial activity of certain natural ingredients and better understand how they interact with each other.
Un nouveau centre pour démystifier les sciences agricoles
Le campus Macdonald de l’Université º«¹úÂãÎè disposera bientôt d’un nouvel espace pour faire connaître au grand public la vraie nature de l’agriculture moderne. ...
Kyle Elliott 2017 World Economic Forum New Champion on Global Collaboration in the 4th Industrial Revolution
Kyle Elliott (NRS), Canada Research Chair in Arctic Ecology is in Tianjin, China to participate in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum (WEF). In 2017, Kyle was named by the WEF one of the best scientists in the world under the age of 40.  The theme of this year’s meeting is the need for global collaboration in the 4th Industrial Revolution. Â
Pot jobs are 'legion' but Canadian cannabis companies struggling to find workers
The weed industry is booming but cannabis companies are struggling with a growing problem: finding the right employees in the run-up to Canada legalizing recreational marijuana in October.
As Canada becomes only the second country to legalize recreational use, the cannabis industry could add 150,000 jobs over the next several years, according to an estimate from Deloitte.
Lutte contre la faim: Découverte de super patates plus nutritives
Des chercheurs montréalais et colombiens ont découvert trois super pommes de terre capables de lutter contre la faim et la malnutrition. « Ce sont des pommes de terre plus nutritives que les autres, une véritable innovation », se réjouit Hugo Melgar-Quiñonez, directeur de l’Institut pour la sécurité alimentaire globale, à l’Université º«¹úÂãÎè.
Cannabis PhD takes higher education to a new level
There will doubtless be more and more postgraduate degrees based on cannabis production after it has been legalized, says Anja Geitmann, dean of agriculture at Montreal’s º«¹úÂãÎè. “I’m pretty sure it’s going to change the research landscape in the sense that researchers now have access or can do research on the plant much easier,†she says.
SPF Spotlight: Autonomous Controlled-Environment Growth Chamber Display
Like a high-tech vending machine, but with lettuce!
SPF Spotlight: The Macdonald Campus Orchards
º«¹úÂãÎè’s Very Own Circular Micro-Economy
Pour plus d’Autochtones dans le milieu de la santé
Les universités canadiennes accueillent encore bien peu d'étudiants autochtones, encore moins dans le domaine de la santé.
When treating and researching infertility, let’s not forget the men
By Vardit Ravitsky, Associate Professor of Bioethics at the University of Montreal and Sarah Kimmins, Associate Professor at º«¹úÂãÎè and Canada Research Chair in Epigenetics, Reproduction and Development.
Citizen scientists show Black Widows creeping north in Canada
To humans, 31 miles may not seem like a very long distance to travel, but for a spider, it’s a long, long way to go. Emily Chung at the CBC reports on a new study that shows that since the 1960s, the northern black widow spider, Latrodectus variolus, has crawled that much further into Canada and may continue skittering northward as the climate changes.